Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is the standard of care for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), when performed by experienced groups in a timely manner. Although ...

In a study comparing the ability of various medical techniques to accurately determine the extent of heart disease and stratify patients according to disease severity, researchers found that ...

This exciting technique has gained rapid acceptance in routine clinical practice. This technique is similar to a standard SPECT study, except that a number of images (8 or 16) are acquired at each ...

Quantitative gated SPECT (QGS)is useful imaging for the myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function. To assess simultaneously myocardial perfusion and left ventricular contractile reserve by ...

In selected patients, perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more sensitive in detecting ischemic coronary artery disease (CAD) than single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).

3.1 MPS involves the intravenous injection of small amounts of a radioactive tracer to evaluate perfusion of living cardiac muscle via the coronary arteries after stress and at rest. After injection, ...

The written report is the final product of the Nuclear Medicine consultation. Reports must contain specific information to identify the patient, the specific procedure, indications for the examination ...

We indeed did not focus on single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging, cardiac CT or cardiac angiography to image the right ventricle, as we primarily focused on methods that do not ...